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number of reduced tests increased over the weekend, the number of corona confirmed patients increased significantly. As of 9 p.m. on the 13th, the number of new corona cases exceeded 1,450, which has already broken the record high since the outbreak in Korea. If the number of confirmed cases overnight is added, it is expected to reach at least 1,500 today. The number of confirmed cases is also increasing in non-metropolitan areas.
Correspondent Kwon Ran.
<Reporter> As a
result of the quarantine authorities' tally, from 00:00 to 9pm yesterday, the number of new COVID-19 cases was 1,440.
This surpassed the 1,378 cases recorded on the 10th, the highest record since the outbreak of Corona 19 in Korea in three days.
By 9 pm, the number of new confirmed cases in Seoul was tentatively counted at 613, exceeding the previous record of 583.
As the number of tests decreased over the weekend, the effect of reducing the number of confirmed cases disappeared, and it seems to have risen sharply again.
Accordingly, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 00:00 today is expected to be around 1,500.
In the midst of this, the spread of non-metropolitan areas is also not unusual.
The number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area, which soared to 994 last week, fell to the 700 level for two days in a row, but the proportion in non-metropolitan areas has risen for five consecutive days and is close to 30%.
[Kim Hee-gyeom / Head of Disaster Safety Management Division, Ministry of Public Administration and Security: Non-metropolitan areas are also very concerned. I hope that you will actively implement preemptive quarantine measures such as strengthening testing for symptomatic people.] The
quarantine authorities are planning to announce the regional distancing phase and regulations on private gatherings, centered on the non-metropolitan area. is likely to be upgraded.